CNN The Situation Room April 18, 2013 08:35:00
Blast. many people are still shocked. they're still dazed. when you try to talk to them, you can tell the conversation is just sort of automatic regurgitation of what they went through. so, i think initially people had no idea what happened. they knew it was something huge. they knew it was devastating but they couldn't initially, until they looked in the direction of the plant, know what it was. then it became pretty obvious what had happened. now it was, well, what do we do next? that is the real question. there are people who won't be able to go home for a long time due to the devastation. ...
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